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oblongo-ovatis ad elliptico-ovatis, usque ad 14 cm longis, breviter 
petiolatis, apice obtuse acuminatis, basi acutis vel subacutis, 
utrinque glandulis multis permanifestis praeditis, nervis utrinque 
circiter 15, tenuibus, distinctis; paniculis terminalibus, usque ad 
25 em longis, diffusis, ramis ramulisque elongatis, ramis alternis, 
inferioribus usque ad 14 ecm longis; floribus 5-meris, circiter 
5 mm longis, longe pedicellatis, in ramulis ultimis racemose 
dispositis, petalis et sepalis et antheris prominente glandulosis. 
A glabrous tree about 11 m high, the branches and branchlets 
somewhat compressed and distinctly bicarinate, the latter, toge- 
ther with the axis and the branches of the inflorescence, distinctly 
glandular-lineolate. Leaves alternate, chartaceous, oblong-ovate 
to ovate-elliptic, entire, 10 to 14 cm long, 3.5 to 5.5 em wide, rather 
pale when dry, slightly shining, both surfaces with numerous 
dark-colored glands distinctly visible to the naked eye, apex 
blunt-acuminate, base acute or subacute; primary lateral nerves 
about 15 on each side of the midrib, slender, distinct, irregular, 
anastomosing; petioles 2 to 3 mm long or the leaves sometimes 
subsessile, the petiole and midrib glandular-punctate. Panicles 
terminal, diffuse, up to 25 cm long, tripinnate, the lower branches 
up to 14 cm long, these subtended by greatly reduced leaves 3 
to 4 cm long, the primary branches few, spreading, the secondary 
ones few, 3 to 4 cm long, the flowers long-pedicelled, racemosely 
arranged on the upper one-fourth of the ultimate branchlets, the 
pedicels slender, up to 1.5 cm long. Flowers 5-merous. Calyx 
4 mm in diameter, the lobes spreading, ovate, obtuse, 1.2 mm 
long, their margins slightly ciliate, below with black, above with 
reddish conspicuous glands. Petals oblong-ovate, acuminate, 5 
mm long, 2 mm wide, conspicuously glandular-punctate. An- 
thers ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 2.5 mm long, the entire back 
glandular; filaments fiattened, stout, about 1 mm long. Ovary 
ovoid, 1.2 mm long, glabrous; style 3 mm long. 
MINDANAO, Lanao District, Kolambugan, For. Bur. 25907 Alviar, June 8, 
1916, along streams, altitude about 10 meters. 
A most characteristic species, readily recognized by its conspicuous 
glands, which are distinctly visible to the naked eye, and its very lax, 
ample, terminal inflorescences. Its alliance is with Ardisia leytensis Merr. 
ARDISIA MIRANDAE sp. nov. § Acrardisia? 
Arbor circiter 5 m alta, glabra; foliis oblongo-ellipticis ad 
oblongo-obovatis, subcoriaceis, nitidis, plus minusve confertis, 
usque ad 8 cm longis, in siccitate brunneis, nitidis, subtus puncti- 
culatis, apice brevissime late obtuseque acuminatis, basi acutis, 
nervis lateralibus obscuris, tenuibus, utrinque circiter 25; pani- 
